Abstract Background Antiseizure drugs (ASDs) are the primary therapy for epilepsy, with
more than 20 drugs introduced into clinical practice to date. These drugs are typically …

The Eigth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs)-EILAT VII, took place in
Sitges, Barcelona from the 10th to 14th September, 2006. Basic scientists, clinical …

Background The available drugs to treat neuropathic pain have incomplete efficacy and
dose-limiting adverse effects. We compared the efficacy of a combination of gabapentin and …

Objective. The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-protein, low-carbohydrate diet developed in
the 1920s for the treatment of children with difficult to control seizures. Despite advances in …

Objectives. To systematically review and synthesize the available evidence on the efficacy of
the ketogenic diet in reducing seizure frequency for children with refractory epilepsy. Data …

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of lacosamide (200 and 400 mg/day) when
added to one to three concomitant antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in patients with uncontrolled …

When and how a combination of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) should be used in patients
unresponsive to monotherapy is not known. We followed up prospectively 248 patients in …

The definition of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is elusive and still controversial owing to
some unresolved questions such as: how many drugs should be tried before a patient is …

Purpose: Despite the widespread use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) across different
neurologic and psychiatric disorders, no study has systematically reviewed all available …

Although the causes of cognitive impairment in patients with epilepsy have not been
completely elucidated, three factors are clearly involved: the underlying etiology of epilepsy …